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Lellis — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:59:12 -0000

The ads have taken over facebook is there any way to take them off. It seems I have more adds than facebook. Please do something.

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Bill Gatchel — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:03:37 -0000

I have been on Facebook for a little over a year, and I really enjoy it. However, I'm really starting to get annoyed at the constant repetitive ads - not only for the games like shooting my friends, but for legitimate big name companies. I have clicked on the same ads as "Repetitive" for over two to three months and I am STILL seeing them. I wish Facebook would take the necessary steps and really stop giving me the ads that I have already expressed as not interested.

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mjlee — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:12:17 -0000

there is a dislike button now apparently. hope this helps :) http://www.facebook.com/pag...

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usb flash drive — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:49:58 -0000

This and I ran across their site recently has tons of all errors. Hope they can get everyone working together. To try and your friends do not want to drag off a dirty site. Getting on MySpace instead of Facebook was much harder.

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Jennifer — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:40:55 -0000

My son is a young teen and gets all of these offensive ads as does my husband. It's as if the only filter is male/female in determining which ads to serve up. No matter how many times we click the "x" with the reason of "offensive" they still pop back up! Very frustrating.

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Brochure Printing — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:26:27 -0000

Not that I was bothered, more like annoyed, whenever I see Facebook ads that I view as, for the lack of a better word, inappropriate. I don't need to see an advertisement in Facebook about a game that I can play on Facebook. Why not just put real ads of real companies in there?

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FaceFile CEO Rob — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:40:54 -0000

What I find the most offensive is that anyone can advertise, it seems, and then I have to look at their content until I TELL Facebook to stop showing it to me. How about a little proactivity on YOUR end, Facebook? Really.

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Jeff Bernheisel — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:18:44 -0000

Yeah, I've gotten pretty immune to the ads on Facebook. Every once in a while one jumps out at me, but for the most part I have my mind set to auto ignore.

It's kind of a shame, because as someone who has spent a couple thousand on advertising on FB, I really like the platform and how targeted you can get with it.

Oh well...

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gelbendorf — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:54:40 -0000

and I thought that all the dudes who work for FB carry guns and all the chicks there are hot. Silly me.
But seriously, I once had the pleasure to exchange a couple of sentences with one of the founders of Netvibes. He said that they will always try to stay clear from excessive ad banners on their (the user's...) home page in the same manner that most people (other than college students, maybe) don't hang huge ad banners in their living room... I liked it. I use Netvibes and I keep my usage of FB to the minimum necessary (thanks god for #fb on Twitter).

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Alan Levine — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:12:43 -0000

No need to see ads- get Stylish for Firefof http://userstyles.org/ and install the style that hides ads.

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Nadav — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:36:21 -0000

Absolutely agree, Chris. I think that facebook, which is rapidly becoming web leading social platform, should show some social responsibility.

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Jim — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:25:27 -0000

So those girls on the right hand column aren't really looking for ME?? :(

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Mel DePaoli — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:37:56 -0000

I completely agree! For the longest time I was getting weight-loss ads, plastic surgery enhancement ads, and mommy ads. I am very comfortable with my looks and my body and I do not have kids.

For a company that is given credit for such accurate/well targeted advertising, they completely miss the target more than they even come close--when it comes to me.

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Rebecca Woodhead — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:46:08 -0000

Can't begin to express how disturbing I find this. What is Facebook playing at? Am thoroughly fed up with the number of people who keep insisting I join their Mafia family or other kind of gang or army too. Am I just odd to think gang violence isn't entertainment?

Rebecca

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BlastOff Network — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:52:05 -0000

nope fckfacebk they dont care they care for money http://BlastOffpress.com

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MaryKayManBus — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:19:20 -0000

I agree that its a little much and unnecessary. I want to do business with my clients on Facebook and violence is not my image. There are games about nice things and I wish there could be a greater focus on that by FB.

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Guest — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:36:02 -0000

I agree about getting the algorithm mix right. However there so many factors to take into considering at to why this happens and why FB users get upset. Don't expect Facebook to have a conscience. Targeted ads are targeted ads. They are based on many equations and while FB could obviously work harder, they can't base their advertising campaigns purely based on morals and users beliefs. The day when we don't advertise anything to avoid "offending" is when the whole advertising model breaks down.

Obviously any Facebook group and company pages need to be aware of these ads more than users, especially if the group focuses on more delicate issues which may be directly related to the theme of the ads.

We may question why "married" profiles are receiving dating ads but again that's somewhat assuming that married users are completely stuck in the stone age where adultery is punishable by death. What I would like to see is stats on single profiles vs. married profiles and what percentage of each actually click on the singles and girls gone wild ads. We may already know the answer, and just perhaps that's why FB does what it does.

Google's ads in Gmail aren't much better, actually they are probably worse. a while back that someone received the devastating news via Gmail that a friends mother had tragically died. While reading this email the ad words box on the right side of the email window showed something to the effect of "crematorium services."

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Lydia Barry Kutko — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:35:54 -0000

That's interesting you're so bothered. I always thought the margins of FB were a load of crap and I don't think my eye (really) has ever seen one ad! I guess I have some awesome selective vision.

I'll bottle it and send it to you. Should be the salve to cure your agony.

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Derek Pangallo — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:23:05 -0000

Fact remains, almost any ad is going to offend SOMEone. I don't like that I see ads for dating services with busy women when I'm clearly "In a relationship." Facebook does care, because they evaluate all ads and keep the malware from flowing, but they're still running a business. Mafia wars makes money, people click on the ads.. . hey, what is the game rated by the ESRB - that could be an argument toward preventing your kids from seeing it.

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craftyballerina — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:54:13 -0000

Nice timing... I was just thinking this morning how much I hate the ads. Every time I log in I see, "Obama asks mom's to return to school" plastered all over. I've stopped using FB as much. The ads get to be too much and they're completely over-saturated. I've only clicked on one ad EVER - obviously their little ad scheme isn't working on me. I'm wondering what's next after FB.

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Megan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:45:08 -0000

I'm tweeting it.

Maybe we need to flinch a little bit to really see what's going on.

Thanks, Megan

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Michelle Damico — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:37:08 -0000

Chris, I totally agree. When I worked in Chicago radio, our adult-oriented progressive rock station station didn't accept ads from a bunch of advertisers whose association would have detracted from the brand. It makes sense in life and in advertising -- if those you hang out with negatively affect your reputation, then keep a distance. I don't understand why Facebook can't figure that one out, By the way, just got my copy of Trust Agents and I'm thoroughly enjoying the info and your writing style.